TJHS - How can you determine whether you are in the top or bottom percentage?

[Anonymous]

I have a freshman at TJHS and was wondering how to determine class rank. How can you tell whether you're in the top or bottom percentage? For example, if a student has all A’s, would that place them in the top 5% or 10%? Are there any statistics available on what qualifies as the top 10% or 25%? What about Bs? Since kids dont't share their grades (unlike middle school), we have no idea how she places in her class.

[Anonymous]

Related discussion:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/1200980.page#29614267

Course rigor (AP and post-AP course selection) and GPA determine how college admissions view whether a student applicant is near the top, middle, or bottom of their class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a freshman at TJHS and was wondering how to determine class rank. How can you tell whether you're in the top or bottom percentage? For example, if a student has all A’s, would that place them in the top 5% or 10%? Are there any statistics available on what qualifies as the top 10% or 25%? What about Bs? Since kids dont't share their grades (unlike middle school), we have no idea how she places in her class.

All A's puts you in the top 35%-40%. All A's in APs and post-APs puts you in the top 10-20%. A couple of B's puts you out of the top 40-50%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a freshman at TJHS and was wondering how to determine class rank. How can you tell whether you're in the top or bottom percentage? For example, if a student has all A’s, would that place them in the top 5% or 10%? Are there any statistics available on what qualifies as the top 10% or 25%? What about Bs? Since kids dont't share their grades (unlike middle school), we have no idea how she places in her class.

All A's puts you in the top 35%-40%. All A's in APs and post-APs puts you in the top 10-20%. A couple of B's puts you out of the top 40-50%.

This isn't true.

[Anonymous]

For the class of 2024 and earlier, the midpoint GPA for senior year has been around 4.38, with the bottom half ranging from 3.75 to 4.38, and the top half ranging from 4.39 to 4.66, excluding outliers.

As long as a student's GPA is above 4.38, what matters more for college admissions is demonstrating course rigor. For example, a B+ in Organic Chemistry, which is two levels above honors Chemistry, is viewed more favorably than stopping at sophomore honors Chemistry with an A. This demonstrates that the student took on the most challenging courses "accessible" to them and didn't settle for the bare minimum honors Chemistry required for TJ graduation.

For freshmen, a GPA of 4.20 or higher by year-end is a good start. Freshman 4.19 implies two Bs and rest As, and whether middle school credits got transferred as weighted.

[Anonymous]

Re: how does naviance work:


its the weighted final or after 1st sem of sr year gpa

of the tj kids

who applied to VT

[Anonymous]

gpa weighted at the end of senior year